Comment by WhereIsTheTruth

Comment by WhereIsTheTruth 3 days ago

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underwhelming? what do you mean?

every year, Playstation ranks very high when it comes to GOTY nominations

just last year, Playstation had the most nominations for GOTY: https://x.com/thegameawards/status/1858558789320142971

not only that, but PS5 has more 1st party games than Microsoft's Xbox S|X

1053 vs 812 (that got inflated with recent Activision acquisition)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_5_games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Series_X_and_Seri...

It's important to check the facts before spreading random FUD

PS5 had the strongest lineup of games this generation, hence why they sold this many consoles

Still today, consumers are attracted to PS5's lineup, and this is corroborated by facts and data https://www.vgchartz.com/

In August for example, the ratio between PS5 and Xbox is 8:1; almost as good as the new Nintendo Switch 2, and the console is almost 5 years old!

You say "underwhelming", people are saying otherwise

whatever1 3 days ago

Yeah, I don’t recall a single original game from the PS5 exclusive lineup (that wasn’t available for PS4). We did get some remakes and sequels, but the PS5 lineup pales in comparison to the PS4 one.

Also, to my knowledge, the PS5 still lags behind the PS4 in terms of sales, despite the significant boost that COVID-19 provided.

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  • guidedlight 3 days ago

    The PS4 lineup pales in comparison to the PS3 lineup, which pales in comparison to the PS2 lineup, which pales in comparison to the PS1 lineup.

    Each generation has around half the number of games as the previous. This does get a bit murky with the advent of shovelware in online stores, but my point remains.

    I think this only proves is that games are now ridiculously expensive to create and met the quality standards expected. Maybe AI will improved this in this future. Take-Two has confirmed that GTA6's budget has exceeded US$1 billion, which is mind-blowing.

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  • jsheard 3 days ago

    The most extreme example of this is that Naughty Dog, one of Sony's flagship first-party studios, has still yet to release a single original game for the PS5 after nearly five years. They've steadily been making fewer and fewer brand new games each generation and it's looking like they may only release one this time around. AAA development cycles are out of control.

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  • ErneX 3 days ago

    Returnal is probably one the best 1st party games available and it’s a PS5 exclusive.

    Its sequel Saros is coming out next year too.

    There’s also Spider-Man 2, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Astro Bot, Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei…

    Their output hasn’t been worse than the PS4 at all imo.

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ManlyBread 3 days ago

There's simply no point in buying that console when it has like what, 7 exclusive titles that aren't shovelware? 7 titles after 5 years? And this number keeps going down because games are constantly being ported to other systems.

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  • SV_BubbleTime 3 days ago

    >constantly being ported to other systems.

    And why wouldn’t they? In many cases they’re are some compiler settings and a few drivers away from working.

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    • ManlyBread 3 days ago

      That's not an argument in favor of PS5.

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      • SV_BubbleTime 3 days ago

        I don’t say it was. If anything it’s an argument in favor of Xbox with DirectX.

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